Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-08


r. K. Co. AT Presque Isle. The old passen-
ger station has been torn down and removed,
and the one is already up and inclosed,
and mill be ready for occupancy in few
weeks
CuNBRRLAND.
A busy scene is presented to view as one
approaches the structure now being erected
by the Union Railway Passenger Station Co,
at the foot of Congress street, Portland. The
building is rapidly approaching completion.
4 party of twenty from Portland and sub
urbs left Monday for Los Angeles, San Fran
cisco and other California points.
Portland has a man who has weakness for
shoes In his bedroom he has no less than
thirteen pairs, all nearly new and neatly pol
ished. In each pair of shoes he has pair of
socks placed ready for use and the first ques-
ton with him every morning is, which pair of
shoes will he wear. They comprise all the
different styles and qualities. Whenever he
sees nice pair of shoes he has an irresistible
desire to purchase them and generally does
So Teiegram
During the past season $50 vessels have
been repaired on the Portland marine rail-
way.
The twenty first annual encampment of
Maine q. \. r., will be held in Portland,
| Feb. 9th.
/ The exports from Portland last week were
valued at some $3.50. The imports included
2s12 tons of coal and 1900 bushels of pota-
toes. The bark II. G. Littlefield sailed
Saturday for Rosario, and took 4s9. 1913 feet
of lumber, valued at 81, 333.72.
FRA>KLIN.
Hiram Holt Esq. of Pennington has three
I f,aS uapIipt, in tho nitaI Stat.s ir-
cult Court---one against the North Wayne
/ Scythe Company and one against the Dunn
/ Edge Tool Company in this District and one
against the New London Company in the New
Hampshire District. The patent relates to a
( hay knife, very extensively used, especially
in the West, and the question is whether the
several knives manufactured by the respon-
dents are aninfringement of Mr.. Hollis patent.
KNOX.
Mr.. NJ. II. Kif. of Tower City, Dakota,
formerly resident of Nnalhaven, and we'll
known in Knox country, is prominent figure
III the local option campaign now raging in
Dakota. He is speaking nearly every day in
the temperance cause.
kES>EBEc.
The post-office at Bassville has been dis
continued
PESoBsCoT.
/ The naughty students of the State Collepe
visited the natural history room the other
/ night and brought the skeleton ont for an air.
ing. People who passed Saturday morning
were startled by the sight of grinning
skeleton hanging twelve or fifteen feet in the
air in the rear of Brick hall.
Capt. William b. Welcome of Etna has
been making many improvements around Echo
Farm in the past few weeks. He has re-
moved several OF the outbulldings and graded
up around the mousse ana now mas the hnes'
LOOKING place IN town.
Mr, A. w hlhg or Charleston the snort
norm breeder, was awarded $50 IN premiums
on his animals at the Eastern state Far al
Bangor ana So' al the state falr at Lewis
ton, making total OF sl42.
Angus Mclaughlin, of Levant, while al
work tor X. sutherland of Bangor, on the
West Branch. had his leg broken below the
knee last week. lie was engaged IN yarding
logs at the landing near Big Island above
Chesuncook, and got his leg caught between
log and tree swapping the bone
""'''' W. "'''' " '""s''' i'' ''ci"s
e1oo o,I oasts a,,o,,r,ir,r il, all IN stoo A.
" ,ba Snnro,,,.. Cnnrt Of RaIfost fo,r dars
a',a anJ n i,fanIt nf ,oy,n,,n, ~ b.. onr,,.
r,7;,,.I ., panrnr ;au frr throo month"; IT,.
was committed and Sheriff Wadsworth
brought him to this city and lodged him in
jail. This Is the party IN whose cottage on
the camp-ground Constable Mitchell found
seven gallons OF whlskey last summer The
defence was that IN addition to Mr. aud Mrs.
Norwood. one DouSe, Jackson and Others
lived there and that the liquor was not for
sale, but for their own use Commere'oL
PIsCArAQUIs.
/ , pI.nchorI bupter mad. , cur;ous mis-.
tho the othor dav While looking nj his
tr,ns near Uedgnbog non1 no saw sometime
white moying in the bushes He hoard the
chain rattlr and concluded he had captured
a white baar =, he laid Low till be was sure
/ of his game and then sent a bullet clear
through the beast. and, Selling his Ratchet
rushed forward to find he had captured one
of the Mountain House hogs
Mr.. Thomas Gilbert has half million logs
already yarded in blanchard township. He
has two camps, one at Marble Pond and the
other two miles below, and is working with
twenty horses and forty men.
S,e,n,uo,
The Bath city government has nominated
for the city's directors of the Knox 4 Lincoln